Obliterating endarteritis

{{Infobox medical condition (new) | name = | synonym = '''Obliterating arteritis''' | image = Organic and functional nervous diseases; a text-book of neurology (1913) (14781450302).jpg | image_size = 150px | alt = | caption = Obliterating endarteritis of the arteries of the brain, causing destruction and deformation | pronounce = | specialty =  | symptoms = | complications = | onset = | duration = | types = | causes = it occurs with chronic inflammation and it is a specific character of chronic inflammation | risks = | diagnosis = | differential = | prevention = | treatment = | medication = | prognosis = | frequency = | deaths = }} '''Obliterating endarteritis''' is severe proliferating endarteritis (inflammation of the intima or inner lining of an artery)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/endarteritis|title=Medical Definition of ENDARTERITIS|website=www.merriam-webster.com}}</ref> that results in an occlusion of the lumen of the artery.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/obliterating+endarteritis |title=obliterating endarteritis - definition of obliterating endarteritis in the Medical dictionary - by the Free Online Medical Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia. }}</ref> Obliterating endarteritis can occur due to a variety of medical conditions such as a complication of radiation poisoning,<ref>{{cite book |author=Ghosh, Amit K. |title=Mayo Clinic Internal Medicine Review: Eighth Edition (Mayo Clinic Internal Medicine Review) |publisher=Informa Healthcare |year=2008 |pages=281 |isbn=978-1-4200-8478-8 }}</ref> a late side effect of radiation therapy treatments,<ref name="PMID 29261879">{{cite journal |last1=Cooper |first1=Jeffrey S. |last2=Hanley |first2=Mary E. |last3=Hendriksen |first3=Stephen |last4=Robins |first4=Marc |title=Hyperbaric Treatment of Delayed Radiation Injury |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK470447/ |website=www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov |publisher=National Center for Biotechnology Information |access-date=23 July 2023 |date=August 30, 2022|pmid=29261879 }}</ref> tuberculosis meningitis or a syphilis infection.<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Song SH, Jang I, Kim BS, etal |title=A case of primary syphilis in the rectum |journal=J. Korean Med. Sci. |volume=20 |issue=5 |pages=886–7 |date=October 2005 |pmid=16224168 |pmc=2779291 |doi= 10.3346/jkms.2005.20.5.886}}</ref>

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Category:Vascular diseases